A couple of you know that I (as well as Cheryl, aka, "Naddia") grew up as members of the Jehovah's Witness religion. Yeah, you know, the ones who ring your doorbell while you're in the shower and want you to read their magazine, "The Watchtower." Well, this is something I posted ...

In addition to "Unweaving the Rainbow" I've had the chance to take a look at a couple other books by prominant biologists lately, namely, Stuart Kauffman and Lynn Margulis. It seems as if their theories of evolution conflict greatly with the neo-Darwinian view promoted by Dawkins. Some hav...

Hello board! I've been away for a while, I know. I've been busy with school, work and debating morons on other boards. I was wondering if you would like to comment on the argumentation by one poster on an ex-Jehovah's Witness board who makes some nasty comments about me, Nad, TalkOrigins and evoluti...

Welcome Curtis. I'm sort of an existentialist myself. Nietzsche is great. Ern: does one of those bottles read "Evolution Root Beer"? The one with the red label all the way to the right....hahaha.

From the January 2003 Talk Origins Feedback page:Ladies and Gentlemen: Those of us from the MSN Evolution Vs Creationism wish to thank you for your hard work and excellent articles on the issue of Evolution and Creationism over the past year. For your entertainment pleasure, we present to you the 10...

Hello William, nice to have you here. Did they tell you about the tithing you will send to my address? Bradley(Of course, I'm kidding )

Welcome Juxtaform. What was this "super-religious" background you speak of? (Feel free not to answer that if you don't want to) I'm all to familiar with the clutches of fundamentalist non-think due to my background with Jehovah's Witnesses. I look forward to your input.Bradley

Welcome Cinnamon! Nice to have you here, I'm sure you will enjoy this place. Be sure and put a push pin on the map and join us, if you can, for the Thursday night chat at 9:00 pm EST. I know I invited a few people from a couple Yahoo chat rooms I was in (my handle for Yahoo is Spinoza1976). Glad the...

If we want to deviate from the context of evolutionary biology and sociology we could read Elaine Pagel's The Origin of Satan which I read last year. The book does not focus on the cultural roots of the idea of Satan but on the early Christian movement which "demonized" their enemies (Jews...

I both agree and disagree with your assesment. First, I think that much depends on what particular religion or spiritual path you are talking about. Certain types of Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans and other non-Abrahamic religions do not have a punishment/reward system and usually do not think in moral a...